University Sermons

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University Sermons (1843) is a significant work by St. John Henry Newman, an influential 19th-century English churchman and writer. Newman was a key figure in the Oxford movement within the Church of England before becoming a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.12

The University Sermons are considered a classic statement on the theory of religious belief. In this work, Newman explored how faith can be formed and held with certainty, even when based on evidence that is only probable. This collection of sermons reflects his deep theological thought and his efforts to reconcile faith with reason and evidence.1

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St. John Henry Newman
Association with the Oxford movement
…Tractarian doctrine of authority; the University Sermons (1843), similarly classical for the theory of religious belief; and above all his Parochial and Plain Sermons (1834–42), which in their published form took the principles of the movement, in their best expression, into the country at large.
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…Tractarian doctrine of authority; the University Sermons (1843), similarly classical for the theory of religious belief; and above all his Parochial and Plain Sermons (1834–42), which in their published form took the principles of the movement, in their best expression, into the country at large.
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